Posting in the Indie forum because that seems a more likely source of android games.

As the title says, are there any RPGs for android devices? Preferably ones that'll play nicely on a large screened device (I have a transformer).

JaakkoPeltonen

August 29th, 2011 16:05

Hi, there are several RPG-style games for Android devices, although many of them seem to be designed for small phone screens rather than tablets. Below is a list of some potentially interesting titles. I have not tried most of them, so I can't make any assurances about their actual quality or compatibility.

In addition to the list below, Ossian Studios may be interested in bringing their upcoming game The Shadow Sun to Android devices too in addition to iPod/iPhone/iPad. According to a post by producer Alan Miranda on their forums "Android definitely does sound like a good idea to us", however, there's no official announcement for Android yet, and their current priority is getting the game done for iOs.

Now here's the list; the links go to the entries of the games on Android Market. Many of the paid games have a free lite version available (sometimes I've linked to the free version). I've tried to classify the RPG titles based on the style of play, but that's mostly based on very brief looks at the screenshots and game description, so I may have misclassified some of the games. I may also have missed several games. Also, I've only looked on Android Market, there might be some RPGs available elsewhere.

Also, Tin Man Games, who make several gamebook titles for iOs, seem to be bringing their games to Android devices; in a recent post on their blog they wrote "Also to all Android phone and tablet users – we are coming to Android later this year – watch this space."

Free Heroes 2 (Thanks for noticing this Lucky Day! Implementation for running Heroes of Might and Magic II on Android devices; in progress. The Heroes of Might and Magic games are strategy games with some RPG elements.)

VCMI (Thanks for noticing this Lucky Day! Implementation for running Heroes of Might and Magic III on Android devices; in progress. The Heroes of Might and Magic games are strategy games with some RPG elements.)

Note that there are lots of massively multiplayer online games that are somewhat similar to the above genre, involving resource gathering/management and possibly some combat/strategy. They are sometimes named as RPGs, sometimes just massively multiplayer games without an RPG reference. I've listed some of these below:

Woah! Amazing post JaakkoPeltonen! I found several I didn't even know about.

Toff

August 29th, 2011 16:31

Very nice list of titles.

Now wheres my quad-core tablet Amazon?

JDR13

August 29th, 2011 17:06

That's an impressive list…thanks for taking the time to post that.
I might actually try a few of those when I get my new phone. My Samsung Vibrant recently met a sudden demise, and I'm currently looking for a new Android.

Madcat

August 29th, 2011 17:28

Nice list, thanks for compiling all that.

fadedc

August 29th, 2011 23:46

Interesting. I have an Iphone, and the only games I recognize from that list are the ones in the action RPG category. I'd guess that the games that are out for the two must be reasonably different.

Arhu

August 30th, 2011 11:57

Awesome! Thanks JaakkoPeltonen for the list! Will take a while to browse through them all.

From the ones listed I know these:
Zenonia - kinda fun, but realtime action doesn't work so well for me on a small phone screen
Gurk - combat is like in the Amberstar / Ambermoon / Albion games. I like. Didn't play too much though.
Choice of Romance - lots of fun, finished once or twice.
Pocket Legends - fun, free MMO. To get most out of it you need to pay though (micro stuff).

I keep meaning too. Playing Baldur's and Planescape on my tablet would be awesome. You do still need to own the actual game though.

Pretty amazing. I'm going to see if I can get it to work after I get Myst and Riven working thru the ScummVM.

Additionally I can't see why NWN can't be possible considering it was ported to Linux. There's at least one Linux build made for the Android but it takes a lot of work to get it going I am reading, and I am guessing that with its portability it may take less work than IE games without having to run the tablet under a new OS.

Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme (I'd just call it tactical RPG), as Watchers like to call similar games) along the veins of History Line 1914-18, Battle Isle, Advance Wars and particularly Fire Emblem. Lacking time, I have never really played it, but now I can while on the bus or train. Yay!

Motoki

September 23rd, 2011 20:46

The GOG sale gave me the push to get the Infinity engine games and get them up and working on Android. Got Baldur's up with GemRB now. Seems to be working fine. It's awesome to have these games on a tablet. I think companies are missing an opportunity to make front ends or ports of these 2D old classics for tablets.

JDR13

September 24th, 2011 02:26

Motoki, which tablet do you have, and how are the controls when trying to play a game like BG?